India is a country full of diversity. There are thousands of different temples in India. You will be surprised to know that there are many such places in India as well as abroad.
The place we are going to talk about today is also one such place. There is a popular belief about this place which is hard to believe when you hear it for the first time.
You must have seen many people offering sheets on the shrines and tombs of Gods in temples. However, you might be surprised to know that in one place in New Zealand, women wear bras to say their vows.
Cardona, located in Central Otago, New Zealand, has promoted tourism in the country. Thousands of women come here from far and wide.
At a place called Cardona, women take off their bras and hang them on an iron wire. This tradition has been going on for years and has now become associated with faith.
However, there is no evidence as to how true the belief is that taking off clothes fulfills a wish. Yet women and tourists follow this tradition with great devotion, making the place a major tourist attraction.
How did the tradition begin?
It is believed that this unique tradition started in 1999. For the first time this year, four bras were seen hanging on iron wires. After this this place became famous. Gradually the female tourists coming here started hanging their bras one after the other.
After some time, this place became so famous that people started coming to see why women come here and remove even their underwear. Although the government there tried to stop this tradition, it continues even today.
The special thing is that women do this work of their own free will and not under any pressure. They believe that by doing this their wishes are fulfilled, which keeps the tradition alive.
This tradition in Cardona started about two decades ago from an interesting and strange incident. During the New Year party, some girls came here and lost their senses under the influence of alcohol. In this condition, she took off her bra and hung it on the iron fence. When people reached there the next morning, they were surprised to see a bra hanging on the fence.
After this incident it became a topic of discussion and people started considering it as a tradition. Interestingly, the four girls with hanging bras went missing the next morning. This mysterious incident made him more popular. This tradition continues even today.
As strange as this unique tradition of hanging a bra to fulfill a wish is, the thieves here are even more shocking. It is said that the bra hanging on the fence was stolen by thieves and this incident made this place even more famous.